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14-07-10, 03:32 AM #1
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Toxins high in Chao Phraya, say activists
Toxins high in Chao Phraya, say activists
Industrial dumping to blame, says Greenpeace
Published: 14/07/2010 at 12:00 AM
Newspaper section: News
The environmental group Greenpeace claims to have found excessive amounts of toxic chemicals and heavy metals in three waterways flowing into the lower Chao Phraya River in Samut Prakan.
The group's water patrol unit collected samples of water and sediment from Samrong, Bang Nangkreng and Bang Plakod canals in the heavily industrialised province earlier this year.
The samples were sent for laboratory tests which showed the water had been contaminated with toxic substances.
The hazardous material included nonylphenols and the carcinogen, 2-naphthylamine.
The European Union bans products containing more than 0.1% nonylphenols which can cause hormone disruption, while the US has banned the use of 2-naphthylamine since 1980, Greenpeace spokesman Ply Pirom said yesterday.
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14-07-10, 05:12 AM #2
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Re: Toxins high in Chao Phraya, say activists
Good to see Greenpeace on the cutting edge!
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19-07-10, 09:58 PM #3
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Re: Toxins high in Chao Phraya, say activists
N to think I see on several occasions people fishing there... Shudders to think of all the toxics they are putting into their bodies through eating their catch!
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19-07-10, 10:13 PM #4
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Re: Toxins high in Chao Phraya, say activists
Have you ever eaten fish in Bangkok and do you know where it came from?
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19-07-10, 10:19 PM #5
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Re: Toxins high in Chao Phraya, say activists
Originally Posted by David_Loves_Ubonwan
Have you ever eaten fish in Bangkok and do you know where it came from?
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Erm... I have always thought mine came from some commercial farms away from the CP River... I thought the fisherguys I saw are doing it as a recreation that is intended for their own home cooking only haha Oh no, u mean...
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19-07-10, 10:37 PM #6
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Re: Toxins high in Chao Phraya, say activists
Hmm...wait a min. If it was came from some commercial farms away for the CP River. If the river steam does link up, don't you think it will affect as well?
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19-07-10, 10:40 PM #7
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Re: Toxins high in Chao Phraya, say activists
I don't mean anything, just that it's worth thinking about.
If the Chao Phraya is so polluted and it flows in to the Gulf of Thailand which is not open sea, it's enclosed on three sides, anything commercially caught by fishing boats there may not be much better...
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20-07-10, 09:18 PM #8
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Re: Toxins high in Chao Phraya, say activists
Hopefully the fish I purchased at the markets under the bridge at Samrong were not local.
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